Ricardo -> RE: how do you count fandangos? (Sep. 17 2011 16:00:51)
|
quote:
In the grandados book there seems to be two extra beats of E at the start which he says is count 1 and 2! 1 2 3 4 5 E E E E Am in JM book count 1 and 2 are two E chords and count 3 is the Am 1 2 3 E E Am So, I was wondering why the different ways to count this rhythm, especially this granados version because I had seen it written this way before. I think it comes from the relation to Solea type phrasing, especially when playing por medio. The reason for the 2 extra beats of E is because if you examin a lot of fandango naturales, the opening rasgueado type sequence often starts on that beat...much like your "1,2,3" for the rasgueado of solea. So the 3rd beat gets emphasis, then you have 4,5 strum up and down or with a "gallop", then 6 would get the golpe, then the same phrase starting rasgueado on 7, etc....In addition, most falseta phrases start on that same "one" beat, yet feel like pick ups to the 3rd beat. Now this differs with Romerito's harmonic rhythm where, the above strum ends up starting on count 10 (or 4 makes more sense as we typically start with an A chord and do it twice before the chord change to Bb) and implies chord changes happen on the count 5 and/or 11. (Romerito's version overlays solea compas so that the harmonies change on 2 or 8). Also, the remate of fandangos has a feeling like solea's Arpegio on 10,11,12. If we try to lay THAT phrase over fandangos we get yet another shift of the counts such that rasgueados start on 12, and harmonic changes occur on 4 or 10. As we can see, there are rhythmic similarities to Solea phrasing, but the overall idea is very different. I don't see a point to attempt to overlay the two compases for the sake of the number 12. Better to deal with Fandangos as a 6 beat compas in general with the notion that half compas (just 3 beats) can occur often. Having said that, our opening rasgueado (and falsetas) should be thought of as a pick up to the down beat (5,6-ONE), golpes (heavy beats) occur on 1,4, and harmonic changes occur on 3.
|
|
|
|